''Apterichtus'' is a genus of fish in the familyOphichthidae (snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels.
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from (‘no-fins’ < privative ''a'' + ) and (‘fish’).
Apterichtus ansp
''Apterichtus ansp'', the Academy eel, is a species of snake eel native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, United States through the Bahamas to Brazil. It is known to dwell down to a maximum depth of , and leads a benthic lifestyl ...
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Apterichtus australis
''Apterichtus australis'', the snake eel or South Pacific snake eel, is a species of snake eel native to the south Pacific Ocean where it occurs around the island groups of Rapa Iti, Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn, Easter Islands, Easter and the Kerm ...
Apterichtus caecus
''Apterichtus caecus'', the European finless eel, is a species of snake eel native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from the Azores to the Gulf of Guinea, and into the western Mediterranean including the Balearic Islands. It can be found on th ...
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Apterichtus dunalailai
''Apterichtus'' is a genus of fish in the family Ophichthidae (snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels.
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from (‘no-fins’ < McCosker & Hibino, 2015 McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. (2015): A review of the finless snake eels of the genus ''Apterichtus'' (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. ''Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 49–78.''
* '' Apterichtus equatorialis'' ( G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941) (Equatorial finless eel)
* '' Apterichtus flavicaudus'' ( Snyder, 1904)
* '' Apterichtus gracilis'' ( Kaup, 1856)
* '' Apterichtus hatookai'' Hibino, Shibata & Kimura, 2014 (Orange-blotched finless eel) Hibino, Y., Shibata, J.-y. & Kimura, S. (2014): Description of a new snake eel, ''Apterichtus hatookai'' sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Pacific coast of Japan. ''Ichthyological Research, 61 (4): 317-321.''
* '' Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi'' McCosker & Hibino, 2015
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Apterichtus monodi
''Apterichtus monodi'' is a species of snake eel native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it is found along the African coast from Senegal to Nigeria. It can be found at depths of from where it digs burrows into sandy or muddy substrates ...
Apterichtus moseri
''Apterichtus moseri'' is a species of snake eel native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean where it is only known from Suruga Bay and the Kumano-nada Sea in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island cou ...